,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ae1        
#bjba,mr4 ,veasey 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,allred1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,ms4 ,blunt     
,rochester1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,mr4     
,carson1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1 ,mr4 
,castro of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new 
,york1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 ,ms4  
,davids of ,kansas1 ,ms4 ,escobar1 ,mr4 
,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4  
,kind1 ,ms4 ,kuster1 ,mr4 ,lawson of    
,florida1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,ms4
 ,moore of ,wisconsin1 ,ms4 ,norton1    
,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4        
,sewell1 ,mr4 ,vela1 ,ms4 ,wild1 ,ms4   
,wilson of ,florida1 and ,mr4 ,levin of 
,california7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xix of the    
,social ,security ,act to provide the   
same level of ,federal matching         
assistance for every ,state that chooses
 to expand ,medicaid coverage to newly  

eligible individuals1 regardless of when
 such expansion takes place4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,incentivizing ,medicaid ,expansion ,act
 of #bjba4  #b4 ,increased ,,fmap for   
medical assistance to newly eligible    
individuals  7a7 ,in general ,section   
#aije7y77#a7 of the ,social ,security   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;d7y77#a77 is  
amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by 
striking #bjad1 #bjae1 and #bjaf and    
inserting each of the first #c          
consecutive #ab-month periods in which  
the ,state provides medical assistance  
to newly eligible individuals2  7#b7 in 
subparagraph 7,b71 by striking #bjag and
 inserting the fourth consecutive       
#ab-month period in which the ,state    
provides medical assistance to newly    
eligible individuals2  7#c7 in          
subparagraph 7,c71 by striking #bjah and
 inserting the fifth consecutive        
#ab-month period in which the ,state    
provides medical assistance to newly    
eligible individuals2  7#d7 in          

subparagraph 7,d71 by striking #bjai and
 inserting the sixth consecutive        
#ab-month period in which the ,state    
provides medical assistance to newly    
eligible individuals2 and  7#e7 in      
subparagraph 7,e71 by striking #bjbj and
 each year thereafter and inserting the 
seventh consecutive #ab-month period in 
which the ,state provides medical       
assistance to newly eligible individuals
 and each such period thereafter4  7b7  
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsection 7a7 shall take effect as if  
included in the enactment of the        
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act4